Hello! At Mt Maunganui now! Its on the Bay of Plenty, in the South Pacific (sounds awesome when you say that!)! Its lovely here though and a really cool place to be. Basically a surfers paradise! They created some kind of artifical reef to increase the waves!! Its been a lovely day here, clear blue skies and hot but a nice cool breeze so just lazyed about on the beach...watching the surfers!! Had Fush and Chups on the beach a moment ago. The beach over looks M...

Hello all you Pomey mates! If one more Kiwi calls me that I will scream! So I have been up to loads since I last wrote on my blog! Went back to Auckland for the night on the 1st after leaving the Bay of Islands, (didnt really want to have to do that but there is no other way really!). Met up with Marlyn, who I met in Paihia, caught the Intercity bus to Coromandal...its lovely there, its where a lot of people from NZ go on Holiday and when you see the pictures ...

Hello! There is so much stuff to do up here! All costs rather a lot though so trying to avoid doing too much. On the 28th myself and people from my dorm decided to go and check out Haruru Falls, ended up walking which took forever in the heat...was fun! Falls were lovely though so kind of worth it! Luckily we managed to hitch a ride back with the local community warden hehe! That was a bit of luck. That night we decided to have a barbie on the beach, made load...

Hi Guys! In the Bay of Islands now, staying in a little town called Paihia. Its really nice and small with good beaches and bars....scenery here is lovely! On the 26th I went on a trip up to Cape Reinga, which is the most Northerly point of NZ..pretty cool. Not as touristy as Lands End though...but there is a little lighthouse and a sign with the KM to London etc hehe! Its also where the Tasman sea meets the Pacific so thats cool..sea is awesome! Lots of Maori f...

Hello Chaps! Yes the camera situation is annoying but hey it still functions ok...just some of the buttons seem to be confused. Asked a guy and is said the circuit board was prob wet so the connections are lost a bit. Ah well! Anyway since my last blog I have just been hopping on buses around Auckland and seeing more of the sights. The place is quite big but there are some really nice areas. I went to a nice beach called Mission Bay yesterday, met a nice Italia...